Another hot-selling filter would be one that mutes out all the ruinous voice-over in Wonder Boys.

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It also mutes somewhat the Republican argument that the Democrats take the black vote for granted.

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Like its 10-inch sibling we saw last year, its matte screen mutes colors while it reduces glare.

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When you resume speaking, Tiki instantly detects your voice and automatically un-mutes, bringing you back into the conversation.

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It automatically mutes the TV speakers and allows you to control the volume on the earbuds or any other headphones you choose.

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The DIY gadget reads the closed-captioning transcript as it's aired and then automatically mutes the television for 30 seconds when it picks up certain words.

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And the biggest laugh went to Matt Richardson who has used the system to create "Enough already", a system that mutes the TV when overexposed celebrities talk.

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But the blessing of being the only game in town is also a curse to the extent to which it mutes the message the markets would normally send to stop spending.

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The first is something you might be familiar from HTC's Sense: flipping the phone to face the floor mutes all sounds, whether they be incoming calls or media playing on the device.

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For Matt Richardson, who had grown tired of hearing about overexposed celebrities, Arduino was a key component of a product called "The Enough Already, " a system that mutes your television's volume whenever the names Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin and Kim Kardashian are mentioned.

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